HI: I'm researching WILSON COWEN and his family. The 1840 U.S. Census says he was born in Tennessee. Wilson was married to ELIZA, possibly in TN, then they moved to BROWN CO., OHIO, after about 1843; some of their children were born there. I believe Eliza died after 1843 and that Wilson married MIHALY HIGHWARDEN, of Brown Co. around 1845. (1840 Census lists Abraham Highwarden (page 375?) lived in Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio in 1840: 1 male 24-36, 1 female under 10, 1 female 24-26.) Children in the Cowen household in 1850 (Brown Co., OH): Amanda, Elizabeth, Franklin, Julia, Sarah B., James By 1860, Wilson has married Mihaly. In 1870, son James is the head of the household, age 20. There's also Wilson's daughters Eliza and Elizabeth. Wilson and Mihaly are also living there plus Elizabeth's daughter Ada ("Edelia"). In 1880, there is no one left of the family in Brown Co. except a daughter, Eliza, who married William Emmons. The couple is raising Adelia, daughter of Eliza's sister Elizabeth (Bowman), who died Sept. 1870 in childbirth at age 29. I am tracing Wilson and family pre-1840, possibly in Tennessee, except I don't know which county to search. Also, I want to find out what happened to the rest of the family after 1870. The Cowens were African American. It looks as if they had been freed or were free-born, in Tennessee. Where could I find, say, emancipation papers, wills, deeds of Cowen slave owners? Which Tenn. counties have the most Cowen slave owners? Thanks, Kberry